Greg R. wrote:
In fairness to our host, I can't remember the last time he deleted, moved, or locked anything. I'm not sure why people are always so whipped up about their posts being moved or deleted.
In no way do I think Robin is anything but fair/level-headed, I just wasn't sure if this topic was appropriate for this forum or should have gone in the "off-topic spiels," for example.
Anyway, I understand disagreeing with a point of view, but are you truly "alarmed" and "upset" that not everyone thinks the way you do? I know you're probably just being colorful, but when I hear those words I picture someone in their pajamas curled up on the floor sucking their thumb.
I am not alarmed nor am I upset that not everyone thinks the way I do. I am alarmed and upset that generally thoughtful people can become seemingly thoughtless and crass when it comes to political issues, particularly dealing with the poor. As for the thumb-sucking, well, I can assure you, I am typically the foul-mouthed one, but reign it in here out of respect for the mod and others.
Not a completely unreasonable stance given that I was in line at the grocery store behind someone dressed in fresh $150 sneakers, wearing $150 sunglasses, using an Iphone to plan a night on the town...all while spending food stamps on food that made a Burrito Supreme look like a farm-to plate, organic, multi-grain, colon busting, humus wrap stuffed with wilted field greens and imported stinky cheese sprinkled with fenel seed in comparison. Call me a radical, but I'm not sure what's so alarming about wanting to reel in in a bit.
Because you, in actuality, have no idea how much those sneakers costs, how much those sunglasses cost, how any of it was acquired, and know good and well that an iPhone can be acquired for cheap or free, depending on plan, what generation it is, if it was bought second-hand, etc. I am all for people eating better, but am not sure I want the government policing people's food choices simply b/c they are unlucky enough to be poor.
